January 13, 1914 - Hugh Quinn's Death Certificate

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State of New York

Department of Health of the City of New York

Bureau of Records

Standard Certificate of Death

Registered No. 1053

1. Place of Death

Borough of Brooklyn

No. 1450 Fulton St.

Character of premises: tenement

2. Full Name Hugh James Quinn

3. Sex Male

4. Color or Race White

5. Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced: married

6. Date of birth unknown

7. Age 46 years

8. Occupation

a. trade, profession, or particular kind of work: engineer

b. industry office building

9. Birthplace Ireland

How long in US? 28 yrs

How long resident in City of New York? 28 yrs

10. Name of Father Hugh Quinn

11. Birthplace of Father Ireland

12. Maiden Name of Mother Bridget Chambers

13. Birthplace of Mother Ireland

15. Date of death January 13, 1914

16. I hereby certify that the foregoing particulars (Nos. 1 to 14 inclusive) are correct as near as can be ascertained, and I further certify that I attended the deceased from Sept 1 1913 to January 13 1914, that I last saw him alive on the 11 day of January 1914, that death occurred on the date stated above at 2 PM, and that the cause of death was as follows: Tabes dorsalis, duration: 3 yrs

Contributory: Acute pulmonary congestion

Witness my hand this 14 day of Jan, 1914

Signature: Alfred W. White, MD

Address 360 Halsey St.

17. Place of Burial Holy Cross Cemetary

Date of Burial Jan 15, 1914

18. Undertaker [illegible]

Address [illegible]

The above is a transcription of Hugh James Quinn's death certificate. (There's also a stamp on the back saying his wife Mary Quinn released the body to the undertakers.) The address given is 1450 Fulton St., which would have been just down the block from where the Quinns were living 4 years earlier, in 1910.

His parents are listed as Hugh Quinn and Bridget Chambers, which conflicts with the information that Uncle Jack gave me, saying that Hugh's parents were William Quinn and Margaret McCandles. According to that, which he took from a birth certificate, Hugh was born February 25, 1868, in Moyarget Upper, Ramoan, Ballycastle, County Antrim (Northern Ireland). That birth date fits just about exactly with the age given here, so I'm not inclined to doubt it.